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Paranthropus

[ puh-ran-thruh-puhs, par-uhn-throh-puhs ]

noun

  1. an extinct genus of bipedal hominins with massive chewing muscles, large teeth, and thick dental enamel: it may have descended from Australopithecus in Africa about 2.7 million years ago.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Paranthropus1

First recorded in 1935–40; from New Latin: literally “beside man, near man”; equivalent to Greek para- “beside, near” + Greek ánthrōpos “human being”; para-

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